Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

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The minister can lead an army to resist Qin, and the great Sima Xu Li can lead another army to resist Chu. In this way, neither Qin nor Chu can pose a threat.

So General Li Mu can continue to attack and destroy Qi without hindrance? "

After hearing Zhao Kuo's strategy, King Zhao was stunned for a while.

Frankly speaking, the strategy proposed by Zhao Kuo is actually the strategy that most people can think of at the first time.

But the problem is that Zhao Kuo's reputation is here. Zhao Wang subconsciously felt that Zhao Kuo must have some ingenious plan to solve this matter. simple.

This expression of Zhao Wang was seen by Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo couldn't help showing a smile.

For Zhao Kuo, whether the strategy is ingenious or not is not important at all. What Zhao Kuo really cares about is whether the strategy can achieve the goal. As long as the goal can be achieved, it can be used. Use, that's all.

The reason why many of Zhao Kuo's previous strategies seemed to be very ingenious was mainly because the opponents Zhao Kuo faced at that time were very powerful, and in addition, Zhao Kuo's army was always lagging behind in terms of strength at the beginning of Zhao Kuo's career. Because of the downwind, he had to rely on ingenious strategies to come back.

But now Zhao's army is completely dominant in terms of strength and numbers. Under such circumstances, it is enough to use the most stable and most guaranteed way to win.

Those exquisite things, on the contrary, became gaudy and impractical at this time.

We must look at problems from the perspective of development and progress, and we can no longer judge wars like before.

King Zhao settled down, and said to Zhao Kuo, "If we really want to fight on the third front, isn't our current capability still insufficient?"

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing after hearing what King Zhao said.

"Your Majesty is definitely worrying too much. With the current capabilities of our Zhao Kingdom, the third front is more than enough."

You must know that just a few years ago, Zhao Guo was able to independently deal with the joint attacks of the other 5 countries. Now that Zhao Guo has annexed three countries, it is simply easy to deal with the attacks of the other three countries. Loose all right.

To put it simply, Zhao Guo has more than 60 troops now, and Li Mu's troops to attack Qi are only 20, which only accounts for 13 of Zhao's available troops.

Zhao Guo still has 40 troops, which can be used immediately.

So, Zhao Guo and Zhao Kuo are completely confident, and there is no need to be nervous at all.

Zhao Kuo continued to say to Zhao Wang very calmly: "Don't worry, my lord. Now our Zhao country can still have 40 troops to use. As long as each side allocates 20 troops, it is more than enough to deal with Qin and Chu. gone."

Zhao Kuo was very confident when he spoke, and his confidence immediately infected King Zhao.

After all, everyone knows that Zhao Kuo is the real No. 1 general in the world, so how can it be possible that the words spoken by the No. 1 general in the world are not contagious?

On the other side, Zhou Shaofen couldn't help but said: "That's what I said, but if all the troops are mobilized now, wouldn't the interior of our Zhao country be very empty?"

From Zhou Shaofen's point of view, he obviously didn't want Zhao Kuo to gain control over the army. Even though Zhao Kuo was not the main general on the main battlefield of Zhao Guo this time, Zhou Shaofen still hoped that Zhao Kuo would stay as far away from the army as possible.

After hearing Zhou Shaofen's words, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing, looked at Zhou Shaofen and said: "Zhou Qing, what you said is wrong, think about it carefully, if we say that we will not send troops, will Qin and Chu Will the country let us do nothing?

The current situation is that unless we withdraw our troops from Qi, otherwise we must fight Qin and Chu. "

To put it bluntly, during this war, the conflict of interests between Zhao and the other three countries was extremely extreme, and it could be said that it had reached the point where it could not be adjusted at all.

Since mediation is no longer possible, apart from war, there must be no third way out between the two parties.

Zhou Shaofen's proposal really does not want Zhao Kuo to control the military power, but frankly speaking, in the current environment, if Zhao Kuo does not control the military power, should Zhou Shaofen be allowed to control the military power?

So after hearing Zhao Kuo's rhetorical question, Zhou Shaofen was also speechless, unable to speak for a long time.

Looking at this scene, Zhao Wang also had different thoughts in his heart.

For King Zhao himself, he really had the idea of ​​using Li Mu to contain Zhao Kuo in his heart, but for King Zhao, destroying the Qi State was a more important thing after all, not to mention that the protagonist this time was Li Mu, not Zhao Kuo.

So, as long as Li Mu can get the first merit, it doesn't matter to let Zhao Kuo drink some soup. Anyway, Zhao Wang can continue to highlight Li Mu at that time. In that case, it is impossible for anyone to pay attention to Zhao Kuo.

Thinking of this, King Zhao finally stopped hesitating, and immediately made up his mind and said: "Since this is the case, there is no need to say any more. If you pass on the order of the widow, 40 soldiers and horses will be demoted immediately. The great Sima Xu Li each controlled 20 soldiers and horses, and went to face the armies of Qin and Chu respectively.

But what the widow wants you to remember is that this time our real battlefield is in the direction of Qi, so if possible, the widow hopes that you can act prudently and don't take the initiative to attack, let alone let the widow hear that you have failed message, do you understand? "

Zhao Wang's words sounded a little strange. He was obviously about to go to the battlefield, so why were there so many restrictions?

In fact, Zhao Wang's meaning is very simple. He just wanted to tell Zhao Kuo through these words that this time the protagonist is Li Mu instead of Zhao Kuo, so Zhao Kuo can't steal the show, and he can't steal Li Mu's limelight.

After listening to King Zhao's words, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing secretly. Of course, he could hear the subtext of King Zhao, but in fact, King Zhao didn't know. Whether Zhao Kuo got the credit or Li Mu got the credit, there was essentially no difference. of any difference.

So of course Zhao Kuo said to King Zhao very calmly: "Please don't worry, Your Majesty, this time I will definitely obey your King's order and will never attack without authorization."

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Zhao Wang also showed a smile, and said to Zhao Kuo: "If this is the case, of course it would be the best."

The two sides looked at each other and smiled, and the smiles on their faces were very bright.

After a while, Zhao Kuo left the palace and got into his carriage.

Zhao Kuo was not the only one in the carriage, but also Xu Li, Zhao Kuo's most trusted confidant.

Xu Li opened his mouth and said to Zhao Kuo, "My lord, I always feel that there is something wrong with the king today."

As the leader who has been in charge of Zhao Kuo's return to the Nightingale system, Xu Li is very sensitive to this aspect, and his ability to observe words and emotions is definitely the strongest.

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and said to Xu Li: "There is indeed something wrong with him, because he is no longer worried about me leading the army."

After Xu Li heard this sentence, he was taken aback immediately, and couldn't help but said, "Could it be that Your Majesty has discovered our action plan?"

Zhao Kuo shook his head, and said slowly: "There should be no such thing, if there is, the Eunuch Ling has already informed us.

It's just that, this is actually a sequela of Li Mu's appearance. "

For Zhao Kuo, he has always been most concerned about King Zhao, because Zhao Kuo felt that no other country could pose any threat, and it was King Zhao who could really threaten Zhao Kuo's life.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo invested the most power in Zhao Wang's side, not only including eunuch orders, but also a group of intelligence spies who have slowly grown up in the palace over the years.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Kuo should be the person who knows King Zhao best in the world.

So King Zhao's idea now is very simple, as long as Li Mu continues to grow and grow enough to replace Zhao Kuo, then sooner or later, King Zhao will definitely get rid of Zhao Kuo first.

In order to ensure this, the best way, of course, is to prevent Zhao Kuo from having access to military power.

Even if Zhao Kuo has obtained the power to control the army because of this special reason, King Zhao must specifically tell him not to let Zhao Kuo become the protagonist in this war, and to let Li Mu get the most credit , Let Li Mu grow up at the fastest speed.

Xu Li couldn't help laughing, and said, "My lord thinks he can use Li Mu to control us, but he doesn't know that our power has been constantly growing and growing under his nose."

As the first leader of Nightingale, Xu Li was instinctively interested in this kind of scheme to plot against others.

Zhao Kuo chuckled, and said to Xu Li: "The current situation is like this, as long as there is nothing wrong with the people of Qin, the two of us will just stick to it honestly.

We don't need the limelight anyway, do we? "

Xu Li also nodded with a smile and said: "My lord is right, the king thinks that Li Mu can help him control power step by step, but he doesn't know that he is actually falling into the big pit we planted for him step by step. .”

In the carriage, both of them laughed at the same time.

After Zhao Kuo and others left, King Zhao returned to the harem.

Here, Queen Li is already waiting for him.

"Come, come, let the widow see the widow's precious daughter."

Zhao Wang took the princess's swaddle from Queen Li's hand with a smile, looked left and right, and did not forget to kiss the little princess's delicate face.

Of course, it was impossible for Queen Li to have any objection to King Zhao's behavior, and she looked at King Zhao with a smile.

After playing with the little princess for a few minutes, King Zhao got tired of it. He motioned for the nanny to leave with the little princess in his arms, and then hugged Queen Li.

"Queen, I need your comfort today."

After hearing what King Zhao said, Queen Li was also a little puzzled and couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that something unpleasant happened to your lord today?"

King Zhao sighed, and told Queen Li in detail what was discussed in the hall today.

"That's the way things are.

Wu Xinjun was able to control the army again, which meant that he was able to take the opportunity to strengthen the connection with the army, and the widow was always unhappy. "

Queen Li hesitated to speak.

For Queen Li, Zhao Kuo is the most important supporter of the second prince, and he may even become Zhao Guoxiangbang after the second prince ascends the throne in the future. Of course, Queen Li is on Zhao Kuo's side in her heart.

King Zhao seemed to understand what Queen Li was thinking, and after taking a look at Queen Li, he said, "In fact, I can understand your idea, but I think that people who can really help our children ascend to the throne of the world's emperors in the future should not It's Zhao Kuo, but it should be Li Mu, do you understand?"

Zhao Wang's words were actually his first confirmation in front of Queen Li that the second prince would become the king of Zhao in the future, and he also regarded Li Mu as the real candidate to assist the second prince in the future.

This is actually telling you that even if Zhao Kuo is abolished by King Zhao when the time is over, the second prince can still continue to inherit the throne of King Zhao.

However, after hearing these words, Queen Li couldn't be happier.

For some reason, Zhao Kuo's figure appeared in Queen Li's mind at this moment, and it lingered for a long time.

This made Queen Li very disappointed.

Chapter 1013 Zhao Kuo is very calm and Li Mu has a headache

A few days later, Zhao Kuo set off with an army of 20.

Almost at the same time that Zhao Kuo sent troops, Xu Li also led another 20 army towards the south, preparing to resist the attack of the Chu people.

So now the only four remaining countries in the entire Chinese world are once again all involved in the war.

With an army of 60 plus the young and strong civilian husbands who followed these troops, Zhao Guo dispatched nearly 200 million laborers at one time, which is a very astonishing number.

Even though the population of Zhao State has already exceeded 1,000 million and is approaching 2,000 million, it is definitely a very large operation to use more than 10 people at one time.

The naked eye can see that Handan City is much deserted, mainly because the old men at home have gone to fight, leaving only the children, the elderly and women to stay behind.

But even so, the spirit of everyone in Zhao Guozhong is still very high. Everyone does not have the kind of fear or hesitation after the war. Instead, there is more excitement and anticipation on each individual's face.

After all, in the past so many years, Zhao Guo's record of consecutive victories is still very encouraging.

Of course, Zhao Guo does not mean that he has never failed, but Lian Po, the general who often led Zhao Guo's army to defeat, has already been dismissed at this time, so this is also from another point of view. self-confidence.

Even King Zhao in the palace nodded in satisfaction after hearing the eunuch Ling's report on these folk news, and by the way, he bragged to Queen Li a lot.

"As you will see in the future, this is Zhao Guo under the governance of the widow.

So strong and confident, the common people believe that we can win, and the widow will eventually become the first man in the history of the Chinese nation to unify the world. "

Zhao Wang's words can be said to be full of ambition and high morale.

Regarding Zhao Wang's words, Queen Li's eyes were as charming as silk, and all kinds of flattery made King Zhao fully feel what is called a man's self-confidence.

Zhao Kuo set off. This time, there was neither Xu Li nor Li Mu by his side, only Su Li.

Of course, it is not appropriate to say that there is only one Su Li.

After all, with Zhao Kuo's development for so many years, most of the 20 elites under Zhao Kuo's command this time have followed Zhao Kuo in the South and North Wars for many years, and it can be said that they know each other well.

Zhao Kuo sat alone in the handsome tent when he was resting this day, quietly watching the map in front of him.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Zhao Kuo heard that it was Su Li's footsteps, so he didn't look up.

Su Li walked in and reported to Zhao Kuo respectfully.

"My lord, according to the news I just received, the people of the state of Qin stayed where they were after about a hundred miles away from Yinjin and stopped moving forward."

Zhao Kuo paused for a moment, his eyes followed Yin Jin to the east on the map, and soon saw a city.

The name of this city is Pingshu.

Pingshu City is not a big city, but its geographical location is quite critical. If the Qin people can take it, then they can pose a huge threat to Hangu Pass further east.

From this point of view, it is indeed quite wise for the people of Qin to station outside this city, because this city is just in the middle of the distance between Yinjin City and Hangu Pass.

"How is the situation in Pingshu City now?"

Zhao Kuo asked.

Su Li replied: "There are 5000 defenders in Pingshu City. According to normal circumstances, it should be relatively difficult for the Qin people to conquer at once.

As long as we get there, the Qin people should have to withdraw from the encirclement. "

Zhao Kuo took a look. From the map, it only takes 20 to 3 days for the main force of the 4 Zhao army led by Zhao Kuo to arrive at Pingshu City.

This is actually a bit weird, because Zhao Kuo feels that if the calculation is based on this situation, then the siege speed and attack speed of the Qin people are too slow.

But soon after thinking carefully, Zhao Kuo, who came to a conclusion, suddenly laughed again.

"It seems that the people of Qin are actually more worried about failure than us this time."

No need to think about it, the one who is in charge of the real command of the Qin State this time must be Wang Jian, the most popular general in the Qin State recently.

Wang Jian is not the conservative type of person, but under his command, the Qin army showed such a conservative appearance, which proves that Wang Jian should be from a higher level, that is, King Qin Yingzi Chu Insisted by him, let him fight steadily and not fail.

Since this is the case, Zhao Kuo doesn't need to be so anxious.

As long as you spend some time on the front line with the people of Chu State steadily, and after the victory is decided on the Qi State side, everyone can go back to their respective homes.

From the perspective of Zhao Kuo and Zhao Guo, although it will waste a certain amount of troops and logistical materials to spend with the Qin people here, it is definitely not a loss overall.

Because as long as time continues to consume, Li Mu will be able to destroy Qi.